Center for Community StewardshipFocuses on helping communities identify, grow and support strong leaders. Successful communities can be built, and every community has the leadership it needs to get there.

Elderberry Institute – Living at Home Block Nurse Programs Serves as resource center to support community efforts to build Living at Home/Block Nurse Programs in new neighborhoods, towns and cities.

University of Minnesota Extension – Center for Community VitalityHelps local governments and community members work together to strengthen their communities, offering a wide variety of tools, trainings and resources.

University of Minnesota Morris – Center for Small TownsAssists Minnesota's small towns with locally identified issues by creating applied learning opportunities for faculty and students.

Connect MinnesotaWorks to ensure all communities rural and urban have access to the unlimited benefits associated with broadband internet.

Minnesota CompassProvides everyone in Minnesota – policymakers, business and community leaders, and concerned individuals who live and work here – a common set of data to act on issues to improve our communities.

Transform 2010 – Project Home PagePrepares Minnesota for the coming age wave of baby boomers and a permanent shift in the age of our state’s population.

Transform 2010 – Data Portal Provides individuals and groups with county level data to support planning and action in their communities and regions.

University of Minnesota Extension – Center for Community VitalityHelps local governments and community members work together to strengthen their communities, offering a wide variety of tools, trainings and resources.

University of Minnesota Morris – Center for Small TownsAssists Minnesota's small towns with locally identified issues by creating applied learning opportunities for faculty and students.

Connect MinnesotaWorks to ensure all communities rural and urban have access to the unlimited benefits associated with broadband internet.

Design for HealthBridges the gap between the emerging research on community design and healthy living and the everyday realities of local government planning.

Lifetime Home ProjectPromotes comfortable, safe, long-term living at home by advancing the understanding of accessible and universal design techniques, home telehealth, and flexible living options.

Minnesota Centers for Independent LivingAdvocates for and provides access to the services needed by persons with disabilities so that they may live independently in the situation and community of their choice.

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency – Minnesota GreenStep Cities Offers cost-effective, simple pathways leading to implementation of sustainable best practices that focus on greenhouse gas reduction at the community level.

Refinance Mortgage RatesConsolidates a myriad of information regarding mortgages in order to provide clear, concise and easily digestible information that will help consumers make informed decisions when purchasing or maintaining a home.

Improvements to Social Infrastructure

Center for Community StewardshipFocuses on helping communities identify, grow and support strong leaders. Successful communities can be built, and every community has the leadership it needs to get there.

Minnesota Centers for Independent LivingAdvocates for and provides access to the services needed by persons with disabilities so that they may live independently in the situation and community of their choice.

Minnesota Department of Health – Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) Aims to help Minnesotans live longer, healthier lives by reducing the burden of chronic disease.

Reimagine RuralSupports rural residents who want to be a part of building a new future for their communities.

Minnesota Board on AgingEnsures that older Minnesotans and their families are effectively served by state and local policies and programs -- in order to age well and live well.

Minnesota Centers for Independent LivingAdvocates for and provides access to the services needed by persons with disabilities so that they may live independently in the situation and community of their choice.

Minnesota Leadership Council on AgingOrganizes consumer, advocacy, social and health service organizations to advocate boldly for positive system changes for older adults and their families in Minnesota.

Refinance Mortgage RatesConsolidates a myriad of information regarding mortgages in order to provide clear, concise and easily digestible information that will help consumers make informed decisions when purchasing or maintaining a home.

National Links

Overview of Communities for a Lifetime Concept

AdvantAge InitiativeHelps counties, cities, and towns prepare for the growing number of older adults who are "aging in place" while creating livable communities for people of all ages.

Aging in Place InitiativeA project of Partners for Livable Communities and the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging to help America’s communities prepare for the aging of their population and to become places that are good to grow up, live in and grow old.

Communities for all AgesPromotes the well-being of all age groups with a multi-generational perspective and by helping organizations, community residents of all ages, and policymakers to work together as allies for community change.

National Council on DisabilityProvides advice to the President, Congress, and executive branch agencies to promote policies, programs, practices, and procedures...to empower individuals with disabilities to achieve economic self-sufficiency, independent living, and inclusion and integration into all aspects of society.

National Charrette InstituteOffers a unique, multi-phase, participatory planning technique to address all aspects of community planning including master plans, neighborhood plans, comprehensive plans as well as infill and redevelopment plans.

Assessment and Planning Tools

AdvantAge InitiativeHelps counties, cities, and towns prepare for the growing number of older adults who are "aging in place" while creating livable communities for people of all ages.

Active Living by DesignProvides strategies for increasing physical activity and healthy eating through community design.

Aging in Place InitiativeA project of Partners for Livable Communities and the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging to help America’s communities prepare for the aging of their population and to become places that are good to grow up, live in and grow old.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention – Healthy Places portal Promotes “healthy places;” places designed and built to improve the quality of life for all people who live, work, worship, learn, and play within their borders.

Center for Universal DesignProvides information, technical assistance, and produces research to promote accessible and universal design in housing, commercial and public facilities, outdoor environments, and products.

Cohousing USAProvides information on cohousing, a type of collaborative housing in which residents actively participate in the design and operation of their neighborhoods.

Community Transportation AssociationPromotes effective public and community transportation as a means for promoting freedom, independence, dignity and choice for people living in the cities, towns and communities.

Fall Prevention Center of Excellence – Home Modification portal Offers training and education opportunities for professionals who wish to respond to the increasing demand for home modification services.

Institute for Human-Centered DesignAdvances the role of design in expanding opportunity and enhancing experience for people of all ages and abilities through excellence in design.

National Center for Safe Routes to SchoolEnables community leaders, schools and parents across the United States to improve safety and encourage more children, including children with disabilities, to safely walk and bicycle to school.

National Complete Streets CoalitionPromotes design of roadways with all users in mind, including bicyclists, public transportation vehicles and riders, and pedestrians of all ages and abilities.

National Rails-to-Trails ConservancyPromotes the creation a nationwide network of trails from former rail lines and connecting corridors to build healthier places for healthier people.

Walkable and Livable Communities InstituteWorks to make cities and towns throughout the world walkable, bicycle and transit friendly, livable, sustainable, socially engaging and welcoming places by improving their built form.

Improvements to Social Infrastructure

Active Living by DesignProvides strategies for increasing physical activity and healthy eating through community design.

Aging in Place InitiativeA project of Partners for Livable Communities and the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging to help America’s communities prepare for the aging of their population and to become places that are good to grow up, live in and grow old.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention – Healthy Places portal Promotes “healthy places;” places designed and built to improve the quality of life for all people who live, work, worship, learn, and play within their borders.

Cohousing USAProvides information on cohousing, a type of collaborative housing in which residents actively participate in the design and operation of their neighborhoods.

National Center for Safe Routes to SchoolEnables community leaders, schools and parents across the United States to improve safety and encourage more children, including children with disabilities, to safely walk and bicycle to school.

Social Capital GatewayOffers an international clearinghouse on research and practices related to social capital.

Improvements to Service Infrastructure

Aging in Place InitiativeA project of Partners for Livable Communities and the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging to help America’s communities prepare for the aging of their population and to become places that are good to grow up, live in and grow old.

Center for Universal DesignProvides information, technical assistance, and produces research to promote accessible and universal design in housing, commercial and public facilities, outdoor environments, and products.

Community Transportation AssociationPromotes effective public and community transportation as a means for promoting freedom, independence, dignity and choice for people living in the cities, towns and communities.

Examples of Initiatives across United States

AdvantAge InitiativeHelps counties, cities, and towns prepare for the growing number of older adults who are "aging in place" while creating livable communities for people of all ages.

Aging in Place InitiativeA project of Partners for Livable Communities and the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging to help America’s communities prepare for the aging of their population and to become places that are good to grow up, live in and grow old.

Atlanta Regional Commission – Lifelong Communities project Provides information on the ten-county Atlanta region’s efforts to work with counties, cities and neighborhoods to create Lifelong Communities—places where individuals can live throughout their lifetime.

Cohousing USAProvides information on cohousing, a type of collaborative housing in which residents actively participate in the design and operation of their neighborhoods.

Communities for all AgesPromotes the well-being of all age groups with a multi-generational perspective and by helping organizations, community residents of all ages, and policymakers to work together as allies for community change.